Teacher Education Candidate Disposition Survey

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Teacher Education CandidateDisposition Survey

• East Carolina University
• Office of Teacher Education

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Background

• The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher
  Education (NCATE) and
• the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and
  Support Consortium (INTASC) expect teacher
  candidates to demonstrate knowledge, skills, and
  dispositions to provide learning opportunities
  that support students development.

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Background

• Dispositions are the values, commitments, and
  professional ethics that influence behaviors
  toward students, families, colleagues, and
  communities

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Background

• and affect student learning, motivation, and
  development as well as the educators own
  professional growth.

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Background

• Dispositions are guided by beliefs and attitudes
  related to values such as caring, fairness,
  honesty, responsibility, and social justice.

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Background

• Teacher education faculty at ECU have modeled,
  discussed, and emphasized the development of
  dispositions throughout the teacher education
  program.
• However, candidate dispositions have never been
  systematically assessed.

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Background

• During the 03-04 academic year the Council for
  Teacher Education developed a survey of teacher
  education candidate dispositions.
• The survey was field tested during the 04-05
  academic year.
• The survey is now a required assessment of all
  teacher education candidates.

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Dispositions Survey

• Form A Awareness
• Completed by student in Early Experience course
  based on prior related experiences
• Used to create awareness of expectations for
  their behavior and current level of performance
• Indicates that behavior is present, emerging, or
  needs to be developed

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Dispositions Survey

• Form B Feedback
• Completed by the Clinical Teacher in the Senior I
  Internship
• Used to provide feedback to interns about
  development of these behaviors
• Indicates that behavior is present, developing,
  or needs to be developed

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Dispositions Survey

• Form C Evaluation
• Completed by the University Supervisor (with
  input from the Clinical Teacher) in the Senior II
  Internship
• Used to evaluate the behavior of the intern
• Indicates frequency of a behavior (Always,
  usually, sometimes, never)

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The Survey

• Three areas
• Professional Demeanor
• Professional Commitment
• Professional Interactions

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Professional Demeanor

• The Candidate
• demonstrates adherence to standards of
  professional ethics.
• wears professional attire for teachers when in a
  school setting.
• demonstrates reliability by performing assigned
  tasks or duties on time without prompting.
• displays a positive attitude toward teaching and
  interactions with students and families.

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Professional Demeanor (cont.)

• The Candidate
• responds to frustration and stress with poise and
  seeks positive outlets for emotions.
• demonstrates resourcefulness, initiative, and
  independence.
• accepts responsibility for successes and mistakes
  and seeks solutions to problems .

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Professional Commitment

• establishes an environment of respect for
  diversity in professional relationships and
  through culturally responsive teaching.
• respects students as valued individuals by
  focusing professional decision-making upon
  student needs rather than personal preference.
• thinks critically perceiving multiple sides of
  an issue or problem in order to develop creative
  solutions and make appropriate decisions.
• solicits suggestions and feedback and seeks
  opportunities for professional growth.

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Professional Commitment (cont.)

• The candidate
• responds positively to constructive criticism and
  suggestions by integrating professional feedback
  into practice.
• examines critically his/her perspective,
  experiences, and effectiveness and reflects on
  ways to improve student performance
• persists in seeking new and more effective
  teaching strategies to help all children achieve
  success.

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Professional Interactions

• The candidate
• listens and responds thoughtfully to the ideas
  and perspectives of others.
• demonstrates diplomacy, tact and sensitivity
  toward the feelings and opinions of others.
• demonstrates awareness of impact of own words/
  actions on students by monitoring and adjusting
  personal behavior accordingly.

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Professional Interactions (cont.)

• The candidate
• shares ideas and materials willingly and
  contributes actively to positive group
  functioning.
• articulates ideas clearly and comfortably in
  conversation, discussion or presentation,
  demonstrating conventions of standard spoken
  English and awareness of audience.
• articulates ideas clearly and coherently in
  writing demonstrating conventions of standard
  written English and awareness of audience.

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Questions?

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Thank You!